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Section 6 - Gastrointestinal Emergencies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 November 2023

By
Cassidy Dahn
Edited by
Kaushal Shah  and
Jarone Lee
Edited in association with
Clark G. Owyang  and
Benjamin Christian Renne
Kaushal Shah
Affiliation:
Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York
Jarone Lee
Affiliation:
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
Clark G. Owyang
Affiliation:
Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York
Benjamin Christian Renne
Affiliation:
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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Practical Emergency Resuscitation and Critical Care , pp. 255 - 316
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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